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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids do not have interaction with kids in low socioeconomic level in school but they do in - sports, neighborhood, church, community center. So I think you are missing the point that my kids get this experience in other aspects of life.[/quote]

I'm not the poster you're responding to (at least I think not), but if you're getting exposure to diverse SES in your neighborhood, then that's a totally different ballgame.  Just curious, are you in a east of the part DC neighborhood but send your kids to a private?  And what churches have a lot of SES diversity?  (again, just curious)

As for the poster in the JKLMM schools, I think you're right, you're not going to get a ton of exposure to different SES in those schools either - the demographics of the neighborhoods dictate that (I imagine there is some diversity though, through the OB process, although it's not necessarily going to be much lower SES).  [/quote]

We are in MoCo - in a neighborhood where govt. subsidized housing is weaved into the neighborhood. The kids from those houses play basketball at the courts in the neighborhood and play at the playground.

I am not sure of the diversity in our church - I mean how much can you learn over a donut. But, we collect books and deliver them to kids in Southwestern Virginia to kids that can't afford books. We don't just drop and run so the kids get that experience.

My kids are also part of a program at the community center. I only know that the emotionally disabled kids attend this because my kid's public school friends told me - I guess they are in separate classes.

Also, I attended my H 25 yr reunion at one of these upper middle class schools and there were just as many teachers, military and cops as there were doctor, lawyers and indian chiefs.

Also, Gonzaga has a soup kitchen on the campus.

There is something called the Washington Jesuit Academy in DC (http://www.wjacademy.org/) - a fully funded middle school for at risk youths. Many of the schools that are regularly scorned on this web site raise money all year long to fund this free school. They have events like the Washington Jesuit Classic (Basketball and Lacrosse), alumni have fund raisers also - all proceeds go to this school.

I think there is a lot of imagining what goes on in these school that is not true. Also, I think there is an expectation for upper middle class kids to act better than the rest of the kids just because they have money. They are sometimes bratty and spoil - the expectations placed on them are unreasonable. If we placed judgements on public school kids the way you guys place judgement on private school kids it would be called bigotry.

The point of this post was not do rich kids play with poor kids. The point of this post was what is soooo awful about upper middle class schools. Nobody has really pointed out what is awful.

I challenge anybody to look deep inside themselves and explain why they get some sort of joy when they hear a private school kid got in a little or a lot of trouble or they see them smoking a cigarette at the mall with their blazer on. I mean what is that all about? Why do you hate these kids so much?[/quote]

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